The waxing crescent Moon is seen between dock levelers at the container terminal 'Burchardkai' in ... [+] the harbor of the northern German city of Hamburg on March 26, 2020. - German consumer confidence has hit its lowest level since the last global economic crisis, a key survey found on March 26, 2020, as Europe's top economy braces for the impact of COVID-19. (Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN / AFP) (Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere's celestial highlights for the week ahead, but be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, eclipses and astronomy.
Not to change the topic here:
Jupiter's Biggest Moons Started as Tiny Grains of Hail - The New York Times
Konstantin Batygin did not set out to solve one of the solar system's most puzzling mysteries when he went for a run up a hill in Nice, France. Dr. Batygin, a Caltech researcher, best known for his contributions to the search for the solar system's missing "Planet Nine," spotted a beer bottle. At a steep, 20 degree grade, he wondered why it wasn't rolling down the hill.
He realized there was a breeze at his back holding the bottle in place. Then he had a thought that would only pop into the mind of a theoretical astrophysicist: "Oh! This is how Europa formed."
NASA announces international Artemis Accords to standardize how to explore the Moon - The Verge
Today, NASA announced the creation of the Artemis Accords , a new set of standards on how to explore the Moon. The agency hopes that other countries will agree to the terms, which lay out how humanity will act on the Moon, including how to mine resources from the lunar surface and ways to protect heritage Apollo sites.
The Artemis Accords, first reported by Reuters , are a reference to NASA's Artemis program, an initiative to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has been clear that he wants the agency's international partners to work with NASA to create a sustainable presence on and around the lunar surface. However, NASA wants everyone to be on the same page in how they'll behave when they reach the Moon.
I'm Glad It's You: Every Sun, Every Moon Album Review | Pitchfork
The first words sung on Every Sun, Every Moon call back to the band's first full-length: "Another long last look from the back of the ambulance," frontman Kelley Bader croons on "Big Sound," echoing a memorable line ("Take a long last look") from 2016's "Curbside." But where once he sounded decidedly resigned, almost sighing, here his delivery is remarkably full-throated, riding brightly over searing guitars and synths.
This may worth something:
The Space Review: When Washington went to the Moon: An interview with Glen Wilson
Glen Wilson was a Senate staffer and worked closely with Senator Lyndon Johnson in the 1950s, playing an important role in drafting the legislation that created NASA in 1958. He worked in the Senate throughout the 1960s, when NASA and the increasingly expensive race to the Moon was often a focus of the legislative branch.
Richard Paul: When President Kennedy first proposed this idea, tell me what the reaction was in Congress.
Glen Wilson: Everybody was for it. Johnson had been the sort of guy to go out and test the waters, so to speak. And that’s when he met with some of the senators, and I know because I was at that meeting—and some of the House people as well—to be able to report back to the President: Look, if you say “Let’s go to the Moon,” if you make that your priority, you’re gonna get support in the Congress.
Ancient meteorite collision formed parts of the moon's crust - The Week
A team consisting of international scientists has come out with evidence of a type of destructive event may have also contributed to the formation of the moon's surface.
The scientists led by the Royal Ontario Museum conducted new research of a unique rock collected by NASA astronauts during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission to the moon. They found it contains mineralogical evidence that it formed at incredibly high temperatures—in excess of 2300 °C—that can only be achieved by the melting of the outer layer of a planet in a large impact event.
Supermoon: Why This Week Is The Perfect Time To See And Photograph The Moon From Your Home
This week the Moon is easy to see for everyone on the planet. On Thursday, May 7, 2020 there's a full moon—a "Super Flower Moon," no less—and that brings a week of good Moon-viewing. On the night of the full Moon our satellite rises in the eastern sky close to the time of sunset in the west, but in the few days prior it rises in daylight a good few hours before sunset.
Seeing the Moon during the day, followed by a supermoon, makes this week great for seeing and photographing the Moon, but when are the absolute best times?
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon - Room: The Space Journal
One much-talked-about application associated with lunar exploration and development is the siting of a radio astronomical observatory on the far side of the Moon, where it would be shielded against interference from Earth. But could radio astronomy in scientifically critical areas on the lunar far side ever be safeguarded and might an investment fund backed by insurance be the answer?
Iconfess to being fanatical about radio astronomy. My hope is that scientists will always be able to probe and expand our understanding of the universe by installing long wave radio receiving stations in some of the best radio reception areas in the solar system. Now radio astronomy is making a comeback, it is time to make a start on safeguarding these scientifically critical areas - especially as lunar exploration is gathering pace again.
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